- The word "alphabet"
comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
- The dot over the letter "i" and the letter "j"
is called a "superscript dot".
- In normal usage, the # symbol has several names, for example: hash, pound sign, number sign.
- In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".
- If we place a comma before the word "and" at the end of a list, this is known as an "Oxford comma" or a "serial comma". For example: "I drink coffee, tea, and wine."(www.englishclub.com)
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